
Chapter 4 Viewing Live Video
Viewing Video through the Home Window Overview
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| Microphone Off | Click the Microphone Off button to mute the audio stream that is captured and | |
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 | are using. When you click this button, the speaker that is attached to the IP camera | 
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 | does not play audio that is transmitted from your PC. | 
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 | Note If you are simultaneously accessing other IP cameras in different browser | 
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 | sessions on the same PC, clicking this button in one browser session does | |
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 | not mute the audio that the PC sends to the other IP cameras. | |
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 | When you click the Microphone Off button, it changes to the Microphone On | 
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 | button. Click the Microphone On button to unmute audio that is sent to the IP | 
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 | camera. The button changes to the Microphone Off button. | 
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| Microphone | 
 | Appears to the right of the Microphone On button or Microphone Off button if | 
| Sensitivity slider | audio is enabled for the IP camera. Use this slider to adjust the gain of the PC | |
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 | microphone (that is, how sensitive it is to the audio that it picks up and that is sent | 
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| Snapshot controls | 
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| Snapshot button | Captures and saves a snapshot image of the current video image in the format and | |
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 | location of your choice, and with the file name of your choice. | 
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 | When you click this button, follow these steps to save the image: | 
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 | 2. In the Save Picture As window, enter the path and folder for the image, the file | 
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 | name for the image, and the format (BMP or JPG) for the image, then click | 
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 | Save. | 
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| Snapshot Root | 
 | Specifies the root folder where snapshot images are to be saved. Click this button | 
| Folder button | 
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IP camera controls
| Stream Option | Selects the mode that the IP camera uses for video streaming. The options depend | 
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| Alarm Output On | Changes the state of the designated IP camera output port (1 or 2) as defined by | 
| button | the Definition Mappings option in the I/O Ports window. | 
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 | For information about the Definition Mappings option, see the “Alarm I/O Ports | 
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| Alarm Output Off | Changes the state of the designated IP camera output port (1 or 2) as defined by | 
| button | the Definition Mappings option in the I/O Ports window. | 
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